BOOK TALK 'Iraq's Shi'a warriors: From battlefield to parliament'
- Date & time
- –
- Speaker
- Dr Inna Rudolf (King's College London), Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College)
- Host
- Middle East Centre (St Antony's)
- Series
- Contemporary Islamic Studies Seminars
- Location
- St Antony's College - MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building St Antony's College 68 Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6JF United Kingdom
- Organisation
- Oxford
About this talk
By examining the PMU's self-positioning as a pillar of Iraq's defence infrastructure, this book offers a critical perspective on the prospects for Security Sector Reform (SSR) and highlights the limitations of externally driven Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration (DDR) efforts. It speaks to scholars of Iraq and the Middle East, as well as diplomats, security actors, and SSR practitioners. The book is also a valuable teaching resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on conflict, security, identity politics, terrorism, and peacebuilding. Its unique fieldwork methodology offers guidance for researchers engaging with armed non-state and para-state actors in post-conflict settings. Altogether, the book addresses a strong academic and policy demand for evidence-based analysis of the PMU's complex identity - offering a flexible framework for studying hybrid security actors with transnational connections and domestic ambitions. Published by Manchester University Press in 2026: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526193063/ AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Dr. Inna Rudolf is a Fellow at the Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Divided Societiesin the Department of War Studies, King's College London.
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